Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

 

Introduction

My living my life (“Website”) can be found at https://mylivingmylife.com.  The owner of the Website is based in Perth, Western Australia.  The Website shares personal opinions and suggestions about life enjoyment and adheres to the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This Privacy Policy only applies to this Website.

 

What personal information do we collect and why

Personal information is information that identifies you. It includes your first name and last name; email address and any personal information you provide to us. 

  • Information you voluntarily submit to the Website:

We may collect personal information from you such as your first name, last name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to newsletters, or submitting a contact form.

When visitors leave comments on this Website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

  • Automatically-collected information:

We automatically collect certain information about you and the device you use to access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

  • Cookies:

This Website uses cookies and other tracking technologies (e.g. pixels) to provide functionality and to recognize you.  Some webpages of this Website may use cookies which are small files that may be placed on your hard disk for record keeping purposes. 

A cookie helps this Website remember who you are and can make your subsequent visits to the Webpage simpler and more seamless. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. However, by not accepting cookies, some webpages may not display properly or you may not be permitted to access certain information.

We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted. 

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.

Cookies are used to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.  By continuing to use the Websites you are consenting to their use.

  • Media:

If you upload images to the Website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to this Website can download and extract any location data from images on the Website.

  • Newsletters

You may subscribe to our newsletters, which may be used for advertising purposes.  All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user.

  • Affiliate program participation

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for the purpose of commissions.

 

How your personal information may be used

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website;
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters;
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails and confirmation emails;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website;
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

 

 

Who we share your personal information with

We will only disclose your personal information where we are authorised or required to do so by law. We will not use or disclose personal information for direct marketing. 

We protect your personal information against misuse, interference and loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. 

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to do so.

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

  • Google Analytics 

This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.

  • Mail Chimp

This service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for the purpose of delivering such communications.  Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at the sole discretion of the Website.

 

How we protect your personal information

This Website strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted by its users.  However, there is always inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet. This Website cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any personal information you submit to this Website.

This Website may be linked to other websites operated by third parties. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement or approval of these websites. Visitors to those websites should refer to their separate privacy policies and practices.

 

 

What rights you have over your personal information

If you have provided your personal information or subscribed to newsletters on this Website, you can use the contact form to request this Website to opt-out, access, amend or erase your personal information.  Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or when required by law.

This also does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

 

Updates to this Privacy Policy

From time to time, we will review and revise the Privacy policy of this Website. We reserve the right to amend this policy at any time. The current version is always on this Website.

 

Last updated 5th September 2020